The ‘Rogue Trader’ Who Got Away with It

Brian Hunter, a tall, sandy-haired, self-described “math geek” from Calgary with a taste for expensive cars, was only 32 years old when he was blamed for sinking $9.6 billion hedge fund Amaranth Advisors, based in Greenwich, Conn., eight years ago this week. Facing trial in New York this October, Hunter finally put longstanding charges of energy…